Tess Haubrich is an Australian actress and model who most recently played Heather in the 2022 Netflix sci-fi film Spiderhead.

Tess Haubrich
Tess Haubrich in July 2016
Born (1990-04-01) 1 April 1990 (age 34)
NationalityAustralian
EducationPittwater High School
SCECGS Redlands
Alma materActors Centre Australia
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active2009–present
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)

Early life and education

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Haubrich was born on 1 April 1990 in Sydney, New South Wales. She was educated at Pittwater High School and SCECGS Redlands.[1]

Haubrich spent her late teens as a fashion model in Australia, Hong Kong, France and Germany. She trained for two years at the Actors Centre Australia, a private drama school in Sydney, where she trained in theatre.

Career

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In 2009, she appeared in two episodes of the soap opera Home and Away as Catie Merrin. She returned to the series as a different character, Shandi Palmer, in 2014.[2]

Haubrich has appeared in a number of major international productions filmed in Australia, including minor roles in The Wolverine (2013) and Infini (2015); as Private Sarah Rosenthal in Alien: Covenant, and as Woman in Black in the Jackie Chan film Bleeding Steel, both in 2017.[1]

In late 2017, she had a leading role in the second season of Wolf Creek.[3] In 2018, she played a key character in the Australian spy drama series Pine Gap.

In 2023, Haubrich was announced as part of the extended cast of Last King of the Cross, and would return for the second season in 2024.[4]

Filmography

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Film

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Key
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Year Title Role Notes
2009 Vinyl Shayla Short
2009 Drowning Phaedra Short
2010 Some Static Started Pretty Girl Short
2013 The Wolverine Cashier
2013 Like Breathing Bel Short
2014 Blood Pulls a Gun The Mysterious Woman Short
2015 Infini Lisa Carmichael
2015 Foal Aurora Short
2016 A Thousand Words Claudia Short
2017 Alien: Covenant Sarah Rosenthal
2017 Bleeding Steel Woman in Black
2018 Nekrotronic Torquel
2018 I F*cked a Mermaid and No One Believes Me Rose Short
2022 Spiderhead Heather
2024 Rippy

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref
2009 Home and Away Catie Merrin Episodes: "1.4988", "1.4992"
2011 Slide Jessica Episode: "1.8"
2014 Jack Irish: Dead Point Sienna TV film
Home and Away Shandi Ayres Recurring role
2017 Wolf Creek Rebecca Michaels Main role (series 2)
2018 Pine Gap Jasmina Delic TV miniseries
2019 Bad Mothers Sarah Main Role [5]
Treadstone Samantha Recurring role
2022 After the Verdict Heidi Lang Main Role [6]
2023-present Last King of the Cross Detective Liz Doyle TV series [7]
2024 Friends Like Her Tess 6 episodes

References

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  1. ^ a b Swain, Sarah (26 January 2017). "Tess Haubrich is the Sydney star of Alien: Covenant alongside Fassbender". Manly Daily. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  2. ^ Cooper, Amy (9 August 2014). "Tess Haubrich returns to Home and Away in new role". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  3. ^ Lee, Ashling (14 December 2017). "Tess Haubrich on the "Morbid Curiosity" That Continues to Power Wolf Creek's Success". POPSUGAR Celebrity Australia. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  4. ^ Knox, David (14 January 2024). "Filming begins on Last King of The Cross S2 | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  5. ^ Knox, David (4 February 2019). "Airdate: Bad Mothers | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  6. ^ Knox, David (19 January 2022). "More cast for After the Verdict | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  7. ^ Knox, David (13 August 2024). "Returning: Last King of the Cross | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
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